What IS the hype over Disney's Frozen? (scene, dvd, musical)

[TRosa]

I haven't seen the movie, don't plan to, but, I do know everytime I hear that dang song, I want to shoot myself.

Yes I know, I should just LET IT GO!

[apexgds]

Originally Posted by TRosa

I haven't seen the movie, don't plan to, but, I do know everytime I hear that dang song, I want to shoot myself.

Yes I know, I should just LET IT GO!

Yeah, the song is overplayed almost as much as that joke. ;-)

[TRosa]

Originally Posted by apexgds

Yeah, the song is overplayed almost as much as that joke. ;-)

Ha, ha, back at ya = as much as that response. ; )

[Tourian]

I've seen it five times I think. More to come I'm sure as my six year old loves it.

I think it is cute and funny at times but mostly a flawed and mediocre tale.

1. The villain was "good" throughout the entire movie and decided to show his true colors at the end as if he were suddenly possessed or rewritten entirely.

2. Kristoff made a great gesture of love and a true heart by standing aside to let Anna be kissed by Hans which should have thawed her heart IMO but understand this is about girl power.

3. Elsa had very few redeeming qualities and I was not surprised when learning that she had been rewritten to not be a villain as originally intended.

4. Olaf was good. I was glad he was not an annoying Jar Jar Banks style side kick.

[Mark S.]

Disney goes in waves in terms of quality.

Early Disney films are still considered classics, and rightly so. Snow White. Pinocchio. Cinderella. Dumbo.

Then Disney went into the '60s and '70s and started putting out stuff like The Aristocats, Robin Hood, The Rescuers. All good but not great movies. Decidedly mediocre. The notable exception being The Jungle Book, which is great.

Then the late '80s revived with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, etc.

Disney is back in a mediocre rut. Not counting Pixar, what was the last truly great Disney film? Mulan? And that was 16 years ago.

Frozen wasn't a bad movie. It was just mediocre. Little girls seem to love it. Parents seemed bored.

[apexgds]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

Frozen wasn't a bad movie. It was just mediocre. Little girls seem to love it. Parents seemed bored.

Not all parents: http://youtu.be/gavEC5aWAzM

(can anyone teach me how to embed a youtube vid?)

[skel1977]

I now see what the hype is after letting my 3 year old nephew watch this. Hes not very well behaved and every time frozen song came on the tv he was totally enthralled, dancing singing etc.
Hes also walking around the house saying "its true love"

[PacoMartin]

The animated film FROZEN was a success in the domestic box office, but not more so than most other animated films from previous years. Ranking them by number of tickets sold, the older films that were released multiple times dominate, but so do many of the newer CGI films that were released only once.

10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 109,000,000
11 101 Dalmatians 99,917,300
18 The Lion King 89,146,400
22 Fantasia 83,043,500
25 Mary Poppins 78,181,800
30 The Jungle Book 73,679,900
31 Sleeping Beauty 72,676,100
32 Shrek 2 71,050,900
39 Pinocchio 67,403,300
53 Finding Nemo 61,623,900
70 Lady and the Tramp 55,734,900
89 Aladdin 52,442,300
90 Toy Story 3 52,201,900
100 Monsters, Inc. 49,354,800
108 Toy Story 2 47,836,500
109 Frozen 47,773,900

The ranking number shows the position in both animated and non-animated films.

But the media machine in the international marketplace has become well tuned over the decades, and the $400 million in domestic gross is trumped by $700 million in foreign ticket sales, making FROZEN the biggest grossing animated film in history.

The songs are catchy, and translating them into 42 languages is a tremendous feat.

[TRosa]

Originally Posted by skel1977

I now see what the hype is after letting my 3 year old nephew watch this. Hes not very well behaved and every time frozen song came on the tv he was totally enthralled, dancing singing etc.
Hes also walking around the house saying "its true love"

That is such an adorable little tale about your nephew. Now that would make it worth watching just to see that much joy on a child's face.

OK, the moment is over, I will just enjoy it vicariously through this telling.

[spicymeatball]

Originally Posted by Tourian

I've seen it five times I think. More to come I'm sure as my six year old loves it.

I think it is cute and funny at times but mostly a flawed and mediocre tale.

1. The villain was "good" throughout the entire movie and decided to show his true colors at the end as if he were suddenly possessed or rewritten entirely.

2. Kristoff made a great gesture of love and a true heart by standing aside to let Anna be kissed by Hans which should have thawed her heart IMO but understand this is about girl power.

3. Elsa had very few redeeming qualities and I was not surprised when learning that she had been rewritten to not be a villain as originally intended.

4. Olaf was good. I was glad he was not an annoying Jar Jar Banks style side kick.

Honestly until he suddenly became evil, I was rooting for Hans! He seemed like a great guy until the very end. I didn't find his betrayal convincing at all. And I agree about all the rest. I felt like the movie was trying way too hard to win the heart of feminism and atone for the past "sins" of Disney.